Match packet



R. S. PULLEN July 17,, 1934.

MATCH PACKET Filed Aug. 23, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l July 17, 1934'; R, s. PULLEN MATCH PACKET Filed Aug. 23. 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I I I Patented July 17, 1934 V UNITED. STATES MATCH PACKET Rodney Southwick Pullen, Akron, Ohio, assignor to Pullenlite Company, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania if Application August 23, 1932, Serial No. 630,145

Claims. (01. 2067-29) My invention relates to match packets whether for wooden matches or for detached paper matches.

The main purpose of my invention is to provide for convenient support of the matches within the packet.

A further purpose is to permit the use of metal fasteners to hold the main parts of the packet together while relieving from the projection of these fasteners.

gether, fitting the bar and turned ends of the staple in specially formed recesses within the packet.

A further purpose is to present a complete match holding bale within a separate and distinct outer casing or shell.

A further purpose is to hold together the matches in the upturned edges of a bale or of a bale and cover.

Further purposes will appear in the specification and in the claims. I

I have preferred to illustrate my invention by one main form appearing in slightly different presentations, selecting the form because of its practical value and because it is well suited to illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of oneembodiment of my packet.

Figure 2 is a top plan view showing a. cover before attachment to form part of a packet.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of a bale forming a match-supporting interior for the packet' Figure 4 is a side elevation of the structure of Figure3.. '7 3 i Figure 5 is a side elevation of the structure of Figures 3 and 4 when parts of the bale at opposite sides have been turned up toreceivethe matches and the matches have been inserted.

Figure 6,is a section upon lines 6-6 of Figure 5. v I Y r r Figure 7 is an elevation of the structure of Figures 5 and 6 after flaps upon the match holding edge strips have been turned parallel with the matches.

Figure 8 is a section of Figure-7 lines 8-8.

Figures 9 and 11 are match-head end elevationsof the structure seen in Figures 7 and 8'after edge-protecting packet flaps have been'turned down to complete the match insert forthe packet, and after the insert has been stapled, respectively.

Figures 10 and 12 are sectionsof Figures 9 and A further purpose is to staple a packet-tov.ing up the sides of the bale-or cover as the case taken upon 11 taken upon lines 10-10 and 12-12 respectively.

Figure 13 is a side elevation showing the wrapper or cover partly applied to the structure of Figures 11 and 12.

Figure 14 is a stick-end elevation of the structure of Figure 13.

Figure 15 is an elevation corresponding to that of Figure 13 but with the flap which is raised in FigurelB applied to the packet.

V Figure 16 is a stick-end elevation of the structure of Figure 15.

Figure 17 is a perspective view showing a second form. V

Figure 18 is a top plan view of the wrapper or cover blank from which the packet of Figure 17 is made,

Figure 19 is a top plan view of a, bale used with the wrapper of Figure 18. Figure 20 is a transverse section parallel with the match sticks showing the structure of the finished packet of Figure 17.

Figure 21 is a perspective view of a third form of packet. V

Figure 22 is a top plan iew of the blank used for the packet shown in Figure 21.

n Figure 23 is a transverse section parallel to the match sticks showing the structure of Figure 21. In all of the figures the thickness of the sheet material where shown in detail has been exaggerated for the sake of clearness.

Similar numerals indicate like parts. One of the features of my invention resides in the formation of a holder for. the matches by turnmay beand another lies in provision for holding the bale or cover in closed position by a staple without unpleasant projection of the staple.

Starting first with the structure of Figures 'The cover shown in Figure 2 comprises an inside rear cover flap 25 connected with a front cover fiap 26 and a rear cover flap 2'7 connected to the front cover flap'26 by a match-head end wall 28.

The flaps and head end wall are all in one piece and are arranged to hinge together by scorings which may be single but are preferably double at 29, 30 an d 31. In order to attach the cover to the parts of a bale insert,"easily and conveniently, I provide printings of glue as at 32 and 33.

v Within the cover is located a bale 34 which, except for finish and packet match head end walls is capable of operating as a complete packet in itself, inasmuch as it provides complete enclosure for the match bodies.

The bale blank comprises a central match supporting section 35, intermediate short sections 36 and 37 intended to form side closures for the package and end flaps 38 and 39. The central match support ls 'printed with match striking material 40. The several flaps and sections are integral and are hinged together by single or double scorings 41, 42, 43 and 44.

A central section is singly or doubly scored across the match lengths and on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line at 45, 46, 47 and 48 throughout a considerablesectionat least-of the length of this portion across the-matches. The central section is also out inwardly at 34' to the score lines 46 and 47. u 1 Y Folding along the scoring lines 46 and 47 permits the apertured match-supporting walls 49' and 50 of the insert bale to present apertures 51 and 52 for insertion of matches 53.

The apertures or holes are slightly larger than the sticks of the matches, just enough so that with or without weakening about the circumference of the apertures, as preferred, the'match heads may be drawn through them as the matches are pulled, stick-end first, for delivery lighted. It will be noted that during-this withdrawal the match heads pass and strike upon the material ;'and that retardation of the heads in passing through openings 52 is desirable in order to develop a stronger pull on the part of the user than would otherwise be exerted. when the match heads are freed this pull will cause the matches tdtravel through the packetat a considerable speed which assists in the striking action and also avoids excessive flashing from the interior compartment formed between the apertured sides into the head space.

After the matches' have been inserted within the apertures 51 and'52 the edge 'fiaps 54 and 55 of the turned up sides are turned upon the score lines and 48 respectively toward one another from the positions of Figure 6 into positions seen in Figure 8. I a

The flaps 38' and 39 and side closure walls 36 and 37 are then turned upon the score line or score lines 42 and '43 to'bring the packet edge closures into their positions perpendicular to the main bale section 34 and the flaps are then bent upon the score line -or score lines 41 and 44. Either'flap may overlie the other.-

In order to'provide for conveniently fastening the bale and closure as thus far described without glue I press the pulp board or' other'material to form grooves on one side and projections on the other at 56. 5'7 and 58in the body'35 and in flaps 38 and 39, respectively, the grooves receivingthe middle of the 'staple and the turned down ends of the staple respectively. The portions 56, 57 and 58 are .convex on the faces toward the observer in Figure3 but presentgrooves on the opposite faces, the grooves at 5,7 or at 58 beingione adapted to receivethe convexity of the other, as one of these flaps overlaps the pther fiap so that when the packet has been closed to the position seen in Figure 10 there -.w i ll bepresented outwardly facing grooves on both sides of the packet, one .of which grooves receives the body and other the turned down ends of.'a staple 59.,by which fthepacket insert isheldtogethe'r.. The insert packet as completed and "as seen in Figures 11 and 1 2 is enclosed withinthe wrap so that the back of the insert is glued to the Figure 3, which ure 19;

cover flap 26 (Figures 13 and 14) by the glue printings 32. The end 28 of the wrap is then turned up across the heads of the matches (also shown in Figures 13 and 14) along score mark or marks 31 and the flap 27 is turned down along score mark or marks 30. The flap 27 is glued to the front of the insert by means of glue markings 33. The flap '25 extends along the match sticks, as seen at the top of Figure 1. The scoring at 29 is here for the purpose merely of allowing the portion 25 to be bent back, away from the match sticks more easily than would otherwise be the case. It is not scored deeply enough to much-weaken the cover material. As a result when the wrap 25 has been released it will spring back'in place.

In the form of, Figure 17 the cover shown in Figure 18 may be used along with an insert of the general character of that shown in Figure 19. As will be seen the supporting apertured walls for the matches are divided, the openings nearest to the match head being provided in a strip folded up along score line or lines 47,

48 having a protective flap 55, as seen in Figure 3. Cuts at 34' permit'folding back of the sections 50 and 55. This is all mounted in the insert. However, the openings for the sticks nearest the stick ends of the match are here with the rest of the wrap and marked from it by score line or lines 45 and 46. There is an extra flap 60 which carries the scratcher material.

found in the wrap within a section 49 connected The insert shown in Figure 19 agrees generally the middle and'turned down ends of the staple.

The absence of the scratching material and the absence of the turned section at the upper part to hold the stick ends of the matches by the walls 'ofholes '51'represent the diiference's from characterize the insert of Fig- In the assemblage of these sections the cut-out comprising the match receiving end portion 50 and the fiap 55 are turned up along the scoring or scorings 47, 48 so as to bring the walls of the holes perpendicular to thebody portion 35' of the insert. The flaps 26"and 27 and the match receiving section 49 of the wrapare turned up along the scoring or scorings 45,46 to bring the walls of the holes 51 perpendicular to -'the flap 60. The fiap 60 is then superimposed upon the body portion 35 to such an'extent as to 'bringftheedg'e 61- of the wrap against the'match receiving section'50 along the line of the scoring or scorings 47, 48 "with the edges 62 and 63 of the wrap substantially in line with the scoring or scorings 42 and 43. The matches 53 may be inserted at this time. a i

Preferably after the superimposing of flap 60 upon the body. 35'- of the insert'and after the matches have been inserted the flap 55 is turned upon. the scoreline or lines,.48 so as tobring it parallel with the body 35'. The flaps 38 and 39 along with their edge-protecting sections 36 and staple-receiving'grooves'at 56, 57 and 58 into line forstapling. This portion or thepacket is then stapled after which the flaps 27' and26' are bent about the packet, bending first along score lines 45 and subsequently upon score line or lines 30 and 31 to place the match head packet end 28 and to glue the wrap at 32 and 33 to the front of the body 35' and to the surface of the uppermost of flaps 38, 39' and 35', completing the packet.

In the form shown in Figures 21 to 23 the same effect is produced as in the form of Figures 17-20 but the place of the insert is taken by the cover itself, flaps 38' and 39 being attached to the edge of an end section 60', of the wrap rather than being attached to the central section of insert. The flaps are separated from the wrap by packet side edge closure walls 36 and 3'7 bordered by score lines 41, 42, 43 and 44.

The end of the section 60 of the wrap is cut at 34 near the edges to provide the same kind of construction as in Figure 19 and in the lower part of Figure 3 where these cuts also appear.

A match receiving section 50 is divided from the flap 60 by score lines 47, 48 and from a flap 55 by score lines 48. The section 50' carries the holes 52 and the holes 51 are located in the wrap in section 49 in much the same position as in Figure 18, and is set off by score lines as in this figure. The rest of the wrap beyond the flap 49 is the same as in Figure 18.

In practice the sections 49 and 50 are bent up and the matches are inserted end first through the openings or holes 52 and 51. The flaps 38' and 39' are then folded over and stapled to place, after which the completion of the packet may be the same as in the case with the structure of Figures 18 and 19.

In view of my invention and disclosure variations and modifications to meet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident to others skilled in the art, to obtain all or part of the benefits of my invention without copying the structure shown, and I, therefore, claim all such in so far as they fall within the reasonable spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patents:

1. A match packet wrapper and a match supporting bale insert therefor having an intermediate section supporting the matches, end bale sections folded in to form match packet edge closures and to form coverings parallel to the intermediate section, the intermediate section and the ends of the bale being externally grooved parallel with the matches and staples fitting into the grooves to hold the insert in partly completed packet form, and separate means for holding the wrapper to the bale.

2. In a strike-on-withdrawal match packet, an outer wrapper, a bale extending transversely of the wrapper and inside the wrapper, match retaining walls bent up from opposite edges of the bale and adapted to hold the matches in position within it longitudinally of the wrapper, flaps on the retaining walls adapted to overlie the matches and striking material adjacent the path of movement of the matches.

3. In a strike-on-withdrawal match packet, a packet wrapper carrying front and back walls and a match head packet end wall, a bale having a middle flap, two end flaps and intermediate edge closure walls, striking material on the middle flap and apertured walls connected with the middle flap adapted to hold the matches and to guide them in withdrawal over the striking material.

4. In a strike-on-withdrawal match packet, a packet wrapper carrying front and back walls and a match head packet end wall, a bale having a middle flap, two end flaps and intermediate edge closures, striking material on the middle fiap, apertured walls connected with the middle flap adapted to hold the matches to guide them in withdrawal over the striking material and flaps connected with the apertured walls and adapted to fold parallel with the body of the middle flap.

5. In a match packet in which the match is ignited on withdrawal, an outer wrap having a match head end wall, an inner bale extending across the wrap and having a central flap, end flaps and intermediate packet edge closures, means on the bale for supporting the matches and for igniting them in withdrawal, the central and end flaps having preformed depressions parallel with the length of the matches and in position when the bale is folded to lie between two matches, staple means entering the depressions for holding the bale closed and glue means for holding the wrapper upon the bale.

RODNEY SOUTl-IWICK PULLEN. 

